Professor of Psychology

215 Haggar Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Phone: (574) 631-6650
Email: cummings.10@nd.edu

Mark Cummings (Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 1977) conducts research focusing on family factors, especially socioemotional processes, associated with normal development and the development of psychopathology in children. Of particular interest are the influences of the qualities of emotional relations between parents and children, and between the parents, on children's adjustment. In recent years a series of studies has focused on the effects of forms of marital conflict on children's functioning and adjustment in a variety of family contexts, including parental depression and abuse. Current concerns include emotional security as a general theoretical model for children's development in families, and research-based prevention and parent-educational programs. His research has been published in Developmental Psychology, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Development and Psychopathology, Journal of Family Psychology, and other psychological journals and books. He has been a fellow of the Kroc Institute since 1997.

Recent Publications by E. Mark Cummings

With Erin L. Lovell, "Conflict, Conflict Resolution and the Children of Northern Ireland: Towards Understanding the Impact on Children and Families" Kroc Institute Occasional Paper #21:OP:1 [Abstract] [Full-text]

 

Complete CV

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